Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The survey that has been undertaken is nearly complete. There are only a few communities for which we have not already received the information. I do not believe that anything more than food has been surveyed. It would be relatively expensive for us to conduct a further survey to look at other costs in the communities. I can undertake to check with the Bureau of Statistics to see if they have that sort of information available. If so, perhaps we could take a look at lumping all the factors we are aware of in a community together. I suspect that the one figure we will have that is accurate for each community as of March, 1998, will be the cost of food. I doubt we will have other costs. Thank you.
Charles Dent on Question 225-13(5): Augmenting Food Basket Assistance
In the Legislative Assembly on February 5th, 1998. See this statement in context.
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Question 225-13(5): Augmenting Food Basket Assistance
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 4th, 1998
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